Black Brazilian transgender singer Linn da Quebrada weaponizes the trans body and music for political protest. Linn and child-hood friend Jup do Bairro use extravagantly costumed performances to dazzle audiences while opposing their country's white hetero-normative order. Figuring her embodied existence as resistance, Linn eschews the role of cis woman, instead choosing a fluid gender identity.

Synopsis

A documentary that follows Mc Linn Da Quebrada, a black trans woman, performer and activist living in impoverished São Paulo. Her electrifying performances brazenly take on Brazil's hetero-normative machismo.

Director Biography

Claudia Priscilla: Born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1972, she initially worked as a journalist and directed several short films before making her first feature-length film, Leite e Ferro.

Kiko Goifman: Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil in 1968. He studied anthropology at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and multimedia at the University of Campinas. Alongside making documentaries and experimental films, he also creates video installations. Following Look At Me Again Bixa Travesty is his second collaboration with Claudia Priscilla.


 
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Claudia Priscilla,

Kiko Goifman